Floods In Shimla

The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill town Shimla.

The Met office in Shimla has issued an 'orange alert' for heavy to very heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh from August 22-24 and 'yellow alert' for heavy rain on August 21, even as the monsoon remained subdued in the state.

The wreckage of the Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus was found 300 meters down from the green tax barrier of the Allo (potato) ground in the middle of the Beas river in Manali on Saturday.

All the stranded people would be evacuated to safe places by today night, Principal Secretary, Revenue, Onkar Chand Sharma said, adding that about 100 people were rescued from different places in the hill state yesterday.

Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Solan and Hamirpur districts and heavy rain in Shimla, Mandi and Kullu on Sunday killed two people, damaged crops, homes and vehicles, and washed away livestock.

Two women buried alive under debris following a landslide in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, many shops and vehicles were washed away and highways blocked by flash floods in other places.

A woman died while two persons were injured, including a woman, in a landslide in Shimla today. Several others are feared dead in a cloudburst and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu and Kinnaur districts.

A woman died in a landslide in Shimla while a cloudburst and flash floods led to several missing in Himachal Pradesh this morning. The state has been witnessing unrelenting rainfall since last night.

Heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh for the last three days has claimed 19 lives. The state capital Shimla also received the highest rain in August in 117 years, the weather office has said. It has warned the hill state could experience more rain. The India Meteorological Department or IMD has also forecast heavy rain in other states. Goa and the Konkan...

Four persons including three members of a family were feared dead as flash floods triggered by a cloudburst wrecked havoc in Dharampur area of Mandi district, 250 km from Shimla, this morning, inundating vast areas, washing away vehicles and perishing several heads of cattle.

The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rains on Wednesday and all the major rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials said. There could be heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places in the state till Thursday, the Met office warned.

Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh have triggering landslides in various places and increased water levels in rivers. An alert has been sounded off for people living along the banks to move to safer place.

Wholesale markets in Himachal Pradesh are flooded with a pricey wild, rare nutritional fungi crop known for its medicinal value. Guchhi, or morchella esculenta, a mushroom variety which commands a huge demand globally, is plentiful this year.Its production...

The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill town Shimla.

The Met office in Shimla has issued an 'orange alert' for heavy to very heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh from August 22-24 and 'yellow alert' for heavy rain on August 21, even as the monsoon remained subdued in the state.

The wreckage of the Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus was found 300 meters down from the green tax barrier of the Allo (potato) ground in the middle of the Beas river in Manali on Saturday.

All the stranded people would be evacuated to safe places by today night, Principal Secretary, Revenue, Onkar Chand Sharma said, adding that about 100 people were rescued from different places in the hill state yesterday.

Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Solan and Hamirpur districts and heavy rain in Shimla, Mandi and Kullu on Sunday killed two people, damaged crops, homes and vehicles, and washed away livestock.

Two women buried alive under debris following a landslide in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, many shops and vehicles were washed away and highways blocked by flash floods in other places.

A woman died while two persons were injured, including a woman, in a landslide in Shimla today. Several others are feared dead in a cloudburst and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu and Kinnaur districts.

A woman died in a landslide in Shimla while a cloudburst and flash floods led to several missing in Himachal Pradesh this morning. The state has been witnessing unrelenting rainfall since last night.

Heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh for the last three days has claimed 19 lives. The state capital Shimla also received the highest rain in August in 117 years, the weather office has said. It has warned the hill state could experience more rain. The India Meteorological Department or IMD has also forecast heavy rain in other states. Goa and the Konkan...

Four persons including three members of a family were feared dead as flash floods triggered by a cloudburst wrecked havoc in Dharampur area of Mandi district, 250 km from Shimla, this morning, inundating vast areas, washing away vehicles and perishing several heads of cattle.

The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rains on Wednesday and all the major rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials said. There could be heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places in the state till Thursday, the Met office warned.

Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh have triggering landslides in various places and increased water levels in rivers. An alert has been sounded off for people living along the banks to move to safer place.

Wholesale markets in Himachal Pradesh are flooded with a pricey wild, rare nutritional fungi crop known for its medicinal value. Guchhi, or morchella esculenta, a mushroom variety which commands a huge demand globally, is plentiful this year.Its production...